Table 2.
Most frequent diagnoses assigned by clinician during readmission to a study hospital.
| Readmission diagnosis | Readmission to study hospitals <1 month after discharge (N = 153) |
Readmissions to study hospitals ≥1 month after discharge (N = 307) |
All readmissions to study hospitals (N = 460) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | |
| Pneumonia | 83 | 54 (46–62) | 172 | 56 (50–62) | 255 | 55 (51–60) |
| Gastroenteritis | 54 | 35 (28–43) | 92 | 30 (25–35) | 146 | 32 (28–36) |
| Sepsis | 41 | 27 (20–35) | 50 | 16 (12–21) | 91 | 20 (16–24) |
| Anaemia | 23 | 15 (9.8–22) | 58 | 19 (15–24) | 81 | 18 (14–21) |
| Malaria | 8 | 5.2 (2.3–10) | 48 | 16 (12–20) | 56 | 12 (9.3–16) |
| Bronchiolitis | 9 | 5.9 (2.7–11) | 21 | 6.8 (4.3–10) | 30 | 6.5 (4.4–9.2) |
| Measles | 13 | 8.5 (4.6–14) | 9 | 2.9 (1.3–5.5) | 22 | 4.8 (3.0–7.2) |
| URTI | 6 | 3.9 (1.5–8.3) | 14 | 4.6 (2.5–7.5) | 20 | 4.3 (2.7–6.6) |
| Pulmonary TB | 6 | 3.9 (1.5–8.3) | 13 | 4.2 (2.2–7.1) | 19 | 4.1 (2.5–6.4) |
| Sickle cell disease | 3 | 2.0 (0.4–5.6) | 11 | 3.6 (1.8–6.3) | 14 | 3.0 (1.7–5.1) |
| Cerebral palsy | 4 | 2.6 (0.7–6.6) | 7 | 2.3 (0.9–4.6) | 11 | 2.4 (1.1–4.2) |
| Probable meningitis | 5 | 3.3 (1.1–7.5) | 5 | 1.6 (0.5–3.8) | 10 | 2.2 (1.0–4.0) |
Data are N (%, 95% confidence intervals), CI; Confidence intervals, a child can have more than one diagnosis, URTI, upper respiratory tract infection; TB, Tuberculosis.